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putin and obama shown here, a 2009 meeting in moscow. the white house says they will meet next month around the g-20 summit in mexico. >>> ferrari, skidmarks, a landmark where this car is skidding and doing doughnuts on top of a 600-year-old city wall in china, all part of a p.r. stunt that back fired big time, offended the chinese and can couldn't get the tread marks up off this landmark. ferrari says it is sorry for the damage. >>> and now we have breaking news here in the world of weather. go to chad myers. we're talking texas and tornado warnings. >> right. a couple of tornados on the ground. small tornados on the ground. if you're in corporate us chris and i south of corpus christi, the north padre island, we're seeing rotation and not far from chapman ranch and there are people in condo that is run through here at north padre island and back towards the northwest we're talking about a little farther to the north near campbellton and this form right there, brooke, live oaks moving and wet set a little storm and pawnee seeing rotatio
putin and obama shown here, a 2009 meeting in moscow. the white house says they will meet next month around the g-20 summit in mexico. >>> ferrari, skidmarks, a landmark where this car is skidding and doing doughnuts on top of a 600-year-old city wall in china, all part of a p.r. stunt that back fired big time, offended the chinese and can couldn't get the tread marks up off this landmark. ferrari says it is sorry for the damage. >>> and now we have breaking news here in the...
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and i would hope the white house would get serious as well. paul. [ inaudible question ] meeting with secretary geithner or your phone call with president obama last night. could you tell us something about that phone call? >> well, we had a very nice conversation last night. it was direct. and straight forward. but this assessment i give you today would be a product of both of those conversations. >> how much would you be open to the idea of discretionary spending cuts as part of a down payment to get to a longer-range solution on entitlements and tax reform? >> there are a lot of options on the table, including that one. >> mr. speaker, before the election, you were asked whether if it obama won taxes would have to go up. and you sounded like you opposed that. now you're acknowledging that they will. >> the day after the election, i came here and made it clear that republicans would put revenue on the table. as a way to begin to move the process to get this resolved. >> right. so my question is, what message do you have for people who look a
and i would hope the white house would get serious as well. paul. [ inaudible question ] meeting with secretary geithner or your phone call with president obama last night. could you tell us something about that phone call? >> well, we had a very nice conversation last night. it was direct. and straight forward. but this assessment i give you today would be a product of both of those conversations. >> how much would you be open to the idea of discretionary spending cuts as part of a...
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and behind the scenes, carol, i'll tell you that white house officials and obama campaign officials think that in this case mitt romney may have stepped in it. you're hearing this from a lot of pundits as well. because he came out and made the statement before, certainly, all of the facts were known. when he did make his statement last night and we saw this tw t tweet, this was at the time that we knew that there was violence, obviously, in the region but we were unaware of how extensive it was. and certainly unaware that the u.s. ambassador to libya had been killed, carol. >> i'm just looking through my e-ma e-mails. eric erickson, a tea party supporter and cnn contributor tweeted out this morning that romney should tread carefully when it comes to this matter. some conservatives are saying, hey, maybe we should take a few steps back. >> reporter: that's right. you're hearing a lot of that. let's remind you of the bigger picture here. a couple of weeks ago when republicans had their convention in tampa, one of the big speakers, you remember, is former secretary of state condoleezza rice,
and behind the scenes, carol, i'll tell you that white house officials and obama campaign officials think that in this case mitt romney may have stepped in it. you're hearing this from a lot of pundits as well. because he came out and made the statement before, certainly, all of the facts were known. when he did make his statement last night and we saw this tw t tweet, this was at the time that we knew that there was violence, obviously, in the region but we were unaware of how extensive it...
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why don't more white voters support president obama. that's the bitter underlying truth. most of the right wing tea partiers cannot bear seeing a black president. why don't more black asian-americans support mitt romney. this o from camille? this country can't get away from rich middle aged white men, that's why. i always said this presidential race was based on the hatred of obama becauseblack. this is from johnny. this is not about race. the man is the worst president ever. he has done nothing ever to improve anything. keep the conversation going. facebook.com/carolyn.cnn. prince fielder tagged out at the plate after a relay throw from the outfield. the game's turning point came much later. we'll show you. president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here
why don't more white voters support president obama. that's the bitter underlying truth. most of the right wing tea partiers cannot bear seeing a black president. why don't more black asian-americans support mitt romney. this o from camille? this country can't get away from rich middle aged white men, that's why. i always said this presidential race was based on the hatred of obama becauseblack. this is from johnny. this is not about race. the man is the worst president ever. he has done...
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he's not apologizing at all for his initial or subsequent comments about how the obama administration handled the unrest both in cairo as well as in benghazi. listen to this. >> what i said was exactly the same conclusion the white house reached which was that the statement was inappropriate that's why they backed away from it. >> they didn't say they were showing sympathy for the attackers. >> i think it was not directly applicable and appropriate for the setting. i think it should have been taken down and apparently the white house felt the same way. >> in no direct response when the president says i shoot first aim later. >> this is politics. i won't worry about the campaign. >> interesting, some of romney's top national security foreign policy advisors even go further and they are almost completely blaming at least in part blaming i should say blaming the president and his supposed weak policies in the middle east and elsewhere for encouraging the kind of violence in egypt and libya that spreading throughout north africa. a former reagan administration official who is now a top na
he's not apologizing at all for his initial or subsequent comments about how the obama administration handled the unrest both in cairo as well as in benghazi. listen to this. >> what i said was exactly the same conclusion the white house reached which was that the statement was inappropriate that's why they backed away from it. >> they didn't say they were showing sympathy for the attackers. >> i think it was not directly applicable and appropriate for the setting. i think it...
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tears, and not a lot of politics at the white house unveiling of george w. bush's official portrait. you'll see how the former president stole the show. wolf blitzer's off today. i'm gloria borger and you're in "the situation room."
tears, and not a lot of politics at the white house unveiling of george w. bush's official portrait. you'll see how the former president stole the show. wolf blitzer's off today. i'm gloria borger and you're in "the situation room."
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obama won the state four years ago. now ohio is one of the states romney really needs to turn red again in order to make it to the white house. the republican presidential nominee holds two rallies in the state today and his running mate paul ryan also campaigns separately in the buckeye state. president obama was in ohio a few days ago. next week, bruce springsteen will team up with former president clinton to stump for obama in ohio. the race for the state is very close right now. take a look at this cnn poll, a poll that averages three surveys that were conducted entirely after the first presidential debate. it indicates the president at 50% of unlikely voters with romney at 47%. romney heads home to massachusetts tonight to get ready for tuesday's second presidential debate. and mr. obama heads to williamsburg today, not to campaign in the battleground state of virginia, but rather to go behind closed doors for debate prep. tuesday's showdown will be very different than their first face-off in denver a week and a ha
obama won the state four years ago. now ohio is one of the states romney really needs to turn red again in order to make it to the white house. the republican presidential nominee holds two rallies in the state today and his running mate paul ryan also campaigns separately in the buckeye state. president obama was in ohio a few days ago. next week, bruce springsteen will team up with former president clinton to stump for obama in ohio. the race for the state is very close right now. take a look...
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chicago. >> so you touched on what the right is saying today, let me play what the white house is saying today, this is a portion from the daily briefing, press secretary jay carney, basically trying to draw a extinctidistin between the romney we see on the tapes and president obama. >> when you're president of the united states, you are president of all the people, not just the people who voted for you. you've heard the president say so many times, because he deeply believes it, that we're in this together, all of us. >> peter, do we have any idea where the obama campaign plans to take this? will the president take this issue with, you know, romney on the campaign trail? vice president joe biden is speaking around now. we're waiting to see if he makes any remarks. what do you think? >> biden said today he thinks the words stand for themselves. obama campaign manager sent out something about this last night. if this doesn't show up in a tv ad it probably malpractice. the best way to attack an opponent is to use his own words against him in a television ad. i've been talking to republican
chicago. >> so you touched on what the right is saying today, let me play what the white house is saying today, this is a portion from the daily briefing, press secretary jay carney, basically trying to draw a extinctidistin between the romney we see on the tapes and president obama. >> when you're president of the united states, you are president of all the people, not just the people who voted for you. you've heard the president say so many times, because he deeply believes it,...
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whites, affluent and well educated. they voted for obama in 2008. >> but 2012 is a different story. just a month ago, president obama led governor romney by double dijts. today, that margin is razor thin. >> it is really still right down the lines of is the economy the important tipping point for you one way or the other, or is it the social issues that are the tipping point one way or the other. >> reporter: for you? >> for me, it was a little bit of both. >> reporter: registered independent is running for obama. >> reporter: how did you vote since you voted already? >> i voted for romney. i feel like there's a lot of things in our economy that need to be worked on. and i feel like obama has a lot of great tuck but not as much that has been done. >> with just days left, there are fewer and fewer tina susacs. >> reporter: do you feel like they're fighting over you? >> yeah, doi. >> reporter: the state's nonelectoral votes could hang in the balance and so could the election. >>> now, governor romney is expected to arrive here at this amphitheater right behind me in just about 90 minu
whites, affluent and well educated. they voted for obama in 2008. >> but 2012 is a different story. just a month ago, president obama led governor romney by double dijts. today, that margin is razor thin. >> it is really still right down the lines of is the economy the important tipping point for you one way or the other, or is it the social issues that are the tipping point one way or the other. >> reporter: for you? >> for me, it was a little bit of both. >>...
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. ♪ elected president takes oath of office he meets with president obama at the white house. nieto wants to talk about trade, manufacturing, energy deals between mexico and the united states. wolf blitzer sat down with him for an interview a couple of hours ago. more on that in a bit. mexico's president-elect wants to update the conversation between his country and the united states. he's talking about the drug wars, security, immigration, all of those things on the agenda. millions of people in both countries are affected by the decisions that he and president obama make and it's time to redirect the relationship. how do they do it? cnn contributor ruben navaret. you wrote a to-do list for both leaders. what does the new president of mexico, what does he need to do? >> right. i think, suzanne, one of the thing his needs to do is reframe the relationship and redefine the paradigm. the case that mexico comes to the was asks for certain things, recently for $1.4 billion in funding under the initiative to help fight the drug war. i think the conversation needs to turn around and
. ♪ elected president takes oath of office he meets with president obama at the white house. nieto wants to talk about trade, manufacturing, energy deals between mexico and the united states. wolf blitzer sat down with him for an interview a couple of hours ago. more on that in a bit. mexico's president-elect wants to update the conversation between his country and the united states. he's talking about the drug wars, security, immigration, all of those things on the agenda. millions of people...
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jezza newman, thank you for being on. >>> up next, to the white house and president obama spoke with benjamin netanyahu. we'll be right back. >>> and welcome back to our continuing coverage of the cease-fire agreed to now by israel and hamas, brokered through egypt and secretary of state hillary clinton. eight days of violence, nearly 150 deaths. and netanyahu says cease-fire now is the right thing for israel. he also warns more military action if the cease-fire in fact fails. want to bring in our foreign afails correspondent jill dougherty at the white house. it looks like secretary clinton is ending her tenuren to a position a positive note. >> first, on secretary clinton, obviously this is, if it holds, a very good thing for secretary clinton in terms of her legacy and what she's been able to accomplish. don't forget that the administration has been under some fire because of benghazi. and now this, you can say, she worked very hard and deciduously to go on this shuttle diplomacy mission to try to bring this together. and, in fact, a senior administration official that i was just
jezza newman, thank you for being on. >>> up next, to the white house and president obama spoke with benjamin netanyahu. we'll be right back. >>> and welcome back to our continuing coverage of the cease-fire agreed to now by israel and hamas, brokered through egypt and secretary of state hillary clinton. eight days of violence, nearly 150 deaths. and netanyahu says cease-fire now is the right thing for israel. he also warns more military action if the cease-fire in fact fails....
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if obama here has a chance with some of these white voters, is next friday it? >> it does seem like the jobs report. i was talking to a democratic strategist who was saying just suddenly yesterday this jobs report does look extremely important for those few people who are left trying to decide. if that report gets worse, that could be problematic. that could lead to even greater slippage. >> peter, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> according to the polls, the race is so close, it got us wondering, what are the chances -- dare i say it -- a tie? oh my goodness! oh my gosh, this looks amazing! that's a good deal! [ man ] wow! it is so good! [ male announcer ] our new maine stays! 15 entrees under $15, seafood, chicken and more! oo! the tilapia with roasted vegetables! i'm actually looking at the wood grilled chicken with portobello wine sauce. you so fascinated by the prices, you keep rambling on! i know! -that pork chop was great! -no more fast food friday's! so we gotta go! we're going to go to red lobster. yep. [ male announcer ] try our 15 under $15 menu and se
if obama here has a chance with some of these white voters, is next friday it? >> it does seem like the jobs report. i was talking to a democratic strategist who was saying just suddenly yesterday this jobs report does look extremely important for those few people who are left trying to decide. if that report gets worse, that could be problematic. that could lead to even greater slippage. >> peter, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> according to the polls, the race is so...
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obama was on david letterman's late show to tell some veggie tales. >> number two. >> the white house tool shed contains shovels, trowels, and weed whacker one. >> weed whacker one. weed whacker one. and the number one fun fact about gardening. >> with enough care and effort, you can grow your own barack-oli. >> all right. kind of funny. >>> it's a once in a lifetime event but if you missed it, we have great pictures for you of venus in front of the sun. ♪ why do you whisper, green grass? ♪ [ all ] shh! ♪ why tell the trees what ain't so? ♪ [ male announcer ] dow solutions use vibration reduction technology to help reduce track noise so trains move quieter through urban areas all over the world. together, the elements of science and the human element can solve anything. [ all ] shh! [ male announcer ] solutionism. the new optimism. >> if you missed it, you're going to have to wait a century. a rare perspective of just how humg the sun is. chad myers to talk about this rare event. you're not going to be able to see it. >> it's 105 years from now. if you ear 5 years old, you can
obama was on david letterman's late show to tell some veggie tales. >> number two. >> the white house tool shed contains shovels, trowels, and weed whacker one. >> weed whacker one. weed whacker one. and the number one fun fact about gardening. >> with enough care and effort, you can grow your own barack-oli. >> all right. kind of funny. >>> it's a once in a lifetime event but if you missed it, we have great pictures for you of venus in front of the sun....
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administration, maybe not the white house, but the obama administration that this is going to be finger pointing politically at the white house? >> this is not finger pointing at anybody. what we're trying to do is say we have a problem, and we want to stop that problem. we're not finger pointing, and the house will do its own investigation. we're doing a bill. we're going to put changes in the bill, but, dana, this has to stop. when people say they don't want to work with the united states because they can't trust us to keep a secret, that's serious. when allies become concerned, when an asset's life is in jeopardy or the asset's family's life is in jeopardy, that's a problem. the point of intelligence is to be able to know what might happen to protect this country. and we can't do that if the intelligence is no longer kept with strict scrutiny within the number of people that need to have it. and one of the problems is -- that we're learning is so many people know that it becomes very hard to make a prosecution. so what we were saying about changing the culture really is correct, abou
administration, maybe not the white house, but the obama administration that this is going to be finger pointing politically at the white house? >> this is not finger pointing at anybody. what we're trying to do is say we have a problem, and we want to stop that problem. we're not finger pointing, and the house will do its own investigation. we're doing a bill. we're going to put changes in the bill, but, dana, this has to stop. when people say they don't want to work with the united...
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absolutely crucial in the race for the white house this year. and president obama and mitt romney, they know that. and they are vying for that vote. the president came out with a new immigration policy last week and at a gathering of hispanic leaders in florida yesterday, mitt romney outlined his plan as well. in it he says he would reallocate green cards to keep families together. he would update temporary worker visa programs. he would give green cards to advanced degree holders and legal status in return for military service. listen to that last one. legal status in return for military service. that is not completely new. not entirely any way. but boy would that be a boom for immigrants. this seems to be resurfacing. maybe critical on the political menu. >> well, it actually -- if he's talking about actually giving citizenship to people who are right now undocumented or illegal, that would be a big change and that would greatly increase the recruiting poll that some of the military services have to draw from. right now the way the law is now
absolutely crucial in the race for the white house this year. and president obama and mitt romney, they know that. and they are vying for that vote. the president came out with a new immigration policy last week and at a gathering of hispanic leaders in florida yesterday, mitt romney outlined his plan as well. in it he says he would reallocate green cards to keep families together. he would update temporary worker visa programs. he would give green cards to advanced degree holders and legal...
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. >>> president obama and president abraham lincoln together at the white house? well, kind of. president obama's hosting the screening of "lincoln" tonight and some historians aren't too thrilled about what's in that movie that's coming up next. >>> but first -- imagine being separated from your family for a year. for more than 100 soldiers from the d.c. national guard and army reserves, that's how long it's been since they have been home. and we were there for their reunion. >> aah! >> i'm happy. >> oh my god! >> all right. how you doing? >> hi. >> good to see you. welcome home. >> been in america again, it's like everything you always dreamed of. >> a bunch of mountains, a bunch of rocks. i'm happy to be back and see grass. >> welcome back, man. glad to see you, man. love you, boy. >> likewise. >> yeah. >> love you guys. >> carried this around me every day. she gave it to me to remind me of what i got back at home and make sure i get back safe. you know? >> welcome home! welcome home! >> thank you. >> hey, man. welcome home! >> welcome back 273rd. >> daddy loves you. >> yes.
. >>> president obama and president abraham lincoln together at the white house? well, kind of. president obama's hosting the screening of "lincoln" tonight and some historians aren't too thrilled about what's in that movie that's coming up next. >>> but first -- imagine being separated from your family for a year. for more than 100 soldiers from the d.c. national guard and army reserves, that's how long it's been since they have been home. and we were there for...
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a little over an hour from now, the first lady, michelle obama, will be presented with the white house christmas tree. it was selected in october and harvested this month. christmas trees are a tradition for many people this time of year. there's another tradition that gives special meaning, the real meaning to the holiday season for christians worldwide. i'm talking about the story of the birth of jesus christ. now a new book challenges everything you may think you know. and you'll never guess who the author is. co-editor of cnn's belief belong. good morning. >> good morning, carol. >> this book was written by the pope? >> it was. i thought you were going to say it was written by me, which would have been nice. but, no, it's written by the pope. it really spells out important pieces of the christmas story tradition that the pope says are wrong. three points. the timing, the animals and the angels. >> so let's start with the timing. s. >> historical ly, the calendar has revolved around the year jesus was born, which people usually recognize as the year zero. the pope is saying in this
a little over an hour from now, the first lady, michelle obama, will be presented with the white house christmas tree. it was selected in october and harvested this month. christmas trees are a tradition for many people this time of year. there's another tradition that gives special meaning, the real meaning to the holiday season for christians worldwide. i'm talking about the story of the birth of jesus christ. now a new book challenges everything you may think you know. and you'll never guess...
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president obama and mitt romney just wrapped up lunch in the private dining room at the white house. i want you to watch closely because we caught romney's arrival and there's romney. leaving the white house. about 20 minutes ago. the president first mentioned plans to meet with romney in the election night vingt ri speech talking about it again in the first post-election news conference. >> there may be ideas that he has with respect to jobs and growth that can help middle class families that i want to hear so, you know, i'm not either prejudging what he's interested in doing nor am i suggesting i've got some specific assignment but what i want to do is get ideas from him and see if there's some ways that we can potentially work together. >> that sounds all well and good and adult, doesn't it, candy crowley? our political correspondent. and anchor of cnn's "state of the union." oh, to be a fly on the wall at that meeting. >> i know. >> lasted an hour and a half? >> yeah, yeah. >> do you think it was more of a bury the hatchet or a courtesy call-type of meeting more than substance? >
president obama and mitt romney just wrapped up lunch in the private dining room at the white house. i want you to watch closely because we caught romney's arrival and there's romney. leaving the white house. about 20 minutes ago. the president first mentioned plans to meet with romney in the election night vingt ri speech talking about it again in the first post-election news conference. >> there may be ideas that he has with respect to jobs and growth that can help middle class families...
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brianna keilar is at the white house to tell us more. good morning, brianna. >> good morning to you, carol. if you don't know a whole lot about the situation, you might think that president obama's words for the leader of libya would have been more stern since that's where we saw the attack where americans were killed. that's very much not the case. that has to do, really, with libya and egypt's response to the violence. and their response to this attack. president obama responding to the libyan leader in a very measured way. and has emphasized that it's u.s. and libya, working together in trying to certainly figure out what happened and bring folks to justice for the attacks. when it came to egypt, he had very stern words in the readout that we normally get which, honestly, quite often you can't get a whole lot out of or you don't understand if there are points of contention in the phone call. it was clear that there were and he very much stressed that egypt needs to do something to protect u.s. personnel. this has to do, of course, wit
brianna keilar is at the white house to tell us more. good morning, brianna. >> good morning to you, carol. if you don't know a whole lot about the situation, you might think that president obama's words for the leader of libya would have been more stern since that's where we saw the attack where americans were killed. that's very much not the case. that has to do, really, with libya and egypt's response to the violence. and their response to this attack. president obama responding to the...
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it ends with barack obama in the white house. but there is a story you may not know. it's the behind the scenes sniping between the clinton and obama camps or the rush job on vetting sarah palin by the mccain campaign. mark halperin and john heilemann put all of this together in a bet seller called "game change." now the book has been turned into a highly anticipated is hbo original movie that premieres march 10th. the movie version hones in on the mccain/palin campaign. here are some of the major players. have you julie and moore as sarah palin. ed harris as senator john mccain, and woody harrelson plays receive schmidt. he was mccain's campaign manager. here's just part of the trailer for you. >> i'm not sure how much she knows about foreign policy. >> suc actually see russia from land here in alaska. >> oh, my god, what have we done. >> it wasn't my fault. i wasn't properly prepped. >> this might be the -- >> she's on the verge of a complete nervous breakdown. >> tell me what to say, what to wear, how to talk. i am not your puppet. >> we do need to mention full tra
it ends with barack obama in the white house. but there is a story you may not know. it's the behind the scenes sniping between the clinton and obama camps or the rush job on vetting sarah palin by the mccain campaign. mark halperin and john heilemann put all of this together in a bet seller called "game change." now the book has been turned into a highly anticipated is hbo original movie that premieres march 10th. the movie version hones in on the mccain/palin campaign. here are some...
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what's interesting, this is president obama's mother who is white from kansas, this is her lineage. you came across this almost, you sort of stumbled upon it? >> that's right. our team has been working on president obama's tree and what we have discovered is the best of your knowledge family had african dna, that was completely unexpected surprise and as we continued to pursue the research further to document it to john bunch was an amazing discovery because this man is known in history. he has been identified but to actually put a legacy to his name that he has descendants, that's an amazing discovery. president obama our first african-american president with the first african slaves in the colonies being related to each other, it's an exciting discovery our team was proud to put together. >> i know it's assumed there was no slavery with regard to the president but it sounds like you've found something. the president hasn't reacted. it's interesting. so many people are on ancestry.com looking up their own geneaology. thank you. >>> she had the best of intentions and police say a ra
what's interesting, this is president obama's mother who is white from kansas, this is her lineage. you came across this almost, you sort of stumbled upon it? >> that's right. our team has been working on president obama's tree and what we have discovered is the best of your knowledge family had african dna, that was completely unexpected surprise and as we continued to pursue the research further to document it to john bunch was an amazing discovery because this man is known in history....
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thanks so much, jessica yellin, at the white house. >>> all right, up next, how president obama responded to questions over whether the scandal involving david petraeus may have impacted national security. >>> plus, we're now hearing that petraeus will testify about the attack in benghazi after all. ah. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. do you churn your own butter too? what? this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier sure does who are you? [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing home-cooked meals. ♪ ambiance [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. your head-start to home cooked. then you may be looking for help in choosing the right plan for your needs. so don't wait. call now. whatever your health coverage needs, unitedhealthcare can help you find the right plan. open enrollment to choose your medicare coverage begins october 15th and ends december 7th. so now is the best time to review your options and enroll in a plan. medicare has tw
thanks so much, jessica yellin, at the white house. >>> all right, up next, how president obama responded to questions over whether the scandal involving david petraeus may have impacted national security. >>> plus, we're now hearing that petraeus will testify about the attack in benghazi after all. ah. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. do you churn your own butter too? what? this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier sure does who...
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white house correspondent dan lothian joins me now. of course, this isn't the first time the obama team has used twitter to get people involved. >> reporter: that's right. we saw them do that with the payroll tax cut, when they asked folks to push this hash tag $40 the amount that each person would see taken out of their pay checks. the reason they use social media is because they think it is very effective in spreading their message. not only getting out to their supporters, people who see their line, but also those people in turn will push the message across the social media. again, they believe it's effective. that's why they're pushing it this time again. but not just that alone. you saw the president yesterday meeting here at the white house with small business owners. today he's meeting behind closed doors with top ceos. on friday he takes his message on the road to a manufacturing plant in pennsylvania. this is all part of the effort of this administration to put pressure on republicans to extend these bush era tax cuts for midd
white house correspondent dan lothian joins me now. of course, this isn't the first time the obama team has used twitter to get people involved. >> reporter: that's right. we saw them do that with the payroll tax cut, when they asked folks to push this hash tag $40 the amount that each person would see taken out of their pay checks. the reason they use social media is because they think it is very effective in spreading their message. not only getting out to their supporters, people who...
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. >> a late moment at the white house. president obama wished house speaker john boehner a happy birthday. the president said he didn't know how many candles they would need for speaker boehner's birthday. he gave him an expensive bottle of wine instead. the speaker turned 63 years old today. >> a new york businessman said tampa, florida, socialite jill kelley asked him for an $80 million deal. those are some of the stories trending as we speak on cnn.com. >> an astronaut battles parkinson's disease while flying through space. we'll show you why he kept his condition a secret and how he's doing 17 years later. [ male announcer ] when a major hospital wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's bottom line, their very first word was... [ to the tune of "lullaby and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ aflac [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. [ yawning sound ] at meineke i have options... like oil changes starting at $19.95. my money. my choice.
. >> a late moment at the white house. president obama wished house speaker john boehner a happy birthday. the president said he didn't know how many candles they would need for speaker boehner's birthday. he gave him an expensive bottle of wine instead. the speaker turned 63 years old today. >> a new york businessman said tampa, florida, socialite jill kelley asked him for an $80 million deal. those are some of the stories trending as we speak on cnn.com. >> an astronaut...
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over at the white house. he is scheduled to step up to the podium in about 30 minutes. you'll see all of it live right here on cnn. we're bringing you special live coverage leading up to the president's news conference. i'm joined by our colleague suzanne malveaux. she's at the cnn center in atlanta. also, our panel here many washington. our chief political analyst gloria borger, donna brazil, and our national security contributor fran townsend, also a member of the cia's external advisory board. we also have our chief business correspondent ali velshi standing by in new york. our senior who will be at the news conference east room to get ready to ask questions. jess cardiacs i'll start with you. set the stage for us. how much concern is there at the white house right now that this general petraeus scandal could overshadow some of the other critical items on the president's agenda, especially the looming financial crisis. he knows that will also be a topic of discussion with the meeting at the end of the week
over at the white house. he is scheduled to step up to the podium in about 30 minutes. you'll see all of it live right here on cnn. we're bringing you special live coverage leading up to the president's news conference. i'm joined by our colleague suzanne malveaux. she's at the cnn center in atlanta. also, our panel here many washington. our chief political analyst gloria borger, donna brazil, and our national security contributor fran townsend, also a member of the cia's external advisory...
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at the white house. appreciate it, dan. >>> up next, susan rice comes face to face with the republicans who have been bashing her for weeks. find out what happened behind closed doors today and why those senators say they now have more questions now than before. >>> plus, it is a debate you're about to hear over and over. question, should children suffering from cancer be allowed to use medicinal marijuana? think on it. dr. sanjay gupta tells me whether it is a good idea next. that's one smart board. what else does it do, reverse gravity? [ laughs ] [ laughs ] [ whooshing ] tell me about it. why am i not going anywhere? you don't believe hard enough. a smarter way to shop around. now that's progressive. call or click today. [ grunting ] part of a whole new line of tablets from dell. it's changing the conversation. ♪ the distances aren't getting shorter. ♪ the trucks are going farther. the new 2013 ram 1500. ♪ with the best-in-class fuel economy. engineered to move heaven and earth. ♪ guts. glory.
at the white house. appreciate it, dan. >>> up next, susan rice comes face to face with the republicans who have been bashing her for weeks. find out what happened behind closed doors today and why those senators say they now have more questions now than before. >>> plus, it is a debate you're about to hear over and over. question, should children suffering from cancer be allowed to use medicinal marijuana? think on it. dr. sanjay gupta tells me whether it is a good idea next....
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iowa is a pretty white state. romney lost to obama. maine, really white. vermont, really white. rhode island, very white. ohio, 79% white. in fact, carol, 72% electorate who voted were white. so when romney says oh, minorities got gifts, women got gifts, young voters got gifts, mitt, you wanted to give gifts to the rich. the fact of the matter is that these are americans. these were policies. this is a clueless guy who ignored hispanics, ignored black folks and he paid the price. and thank goodness he lost for stupid comments like this. >> can i respond to that, carol, please? >> absolutely. >> here is the deal. roland is right that mitt romney, if he said -- i'm not sure he said he lost exclusively for these reasons. >> that was a quote. >> hold on, roland. >> that was a quote. >> you point out many areas where this wouldn't have been applicable. this was a quote from mitt romney, with regards to young people, for instance, forgiveness of college loan str tr was a big gift, free contraceptives were very big with college age women. anybody now 26 years of age or younger is going
iowa is a pretty white state. romney lost to obama. maine, really white. vermont, really white. rhode island, very white. ohio, 79% white. in fact, carol, 72% electorate who voted were white. so when romney says oh, minorities got gifts, women got gifts, young voters got gifts, mitt, you wanted to give gifts to the rich. the fact of the matter is that these are americans. these were policies. this is a clueless guy who ignored hispanics, ignored black folks and he paid the price. and thank...
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president obama tapped cecilia munoz to be his adviser on immigration reform. it's certainly a hot topic in this election. there's plenty of issues as well. cecilia, what do you say to critics of the white house's immigration policy, specifically of deportations, specifically that they have increased under president obama. >> they have actually increased but for the first time there is a strategy for law enforcement principles to make sure people convicted of the crimes and the composition under which will change significantly and what this president is trying to do is use the tools that he has under a very badly broken law to make sure we're administering it widely and well. what you heard him say last night is that we need to reform the immigration as part of his blueprint to make sure that we are building this america that is built to last that he talked about last night. >> to denounce the program which allows federal agents immigrants using information coming from local law enforcement. here's what they said. we're sick of these stories and the criminaliza
president obama tapped cecilia munoz to be his adviser on immigration reform. it's certainly a hot topic in this election. there's plenty of issues as well. cecilia, what do you say to critics of the white house's immigration policy, specifically of deportations, specifically that they have increased under president obama. >> they have actually increased but for the first time there is a strategy for law enforcement principles to make sure people convicted of the crimes and the...
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right now, the white house announcing president obama will host mitt romney for lunch tomorrow. so the president breaking bread tomorrow with his vanquished opponent. we also have this. the president meeting, right now, with his cabinet, perhaps the final cabinet meeting for several administration stalwarts. among them, secretary of state hillary clinton, and treasury secretary tim geithner. hold the phone, though, because we he potential movement in the talks to avert the troublesome tax increase set to take effect january 1st. a top house republican is apparently, today, breaking ranks. essentially siding with the white house here, saying, protect the middle class from higher taxes come january 1st. but not the wealthy. not that top 2%. go ahead, raise them, he says. here he is, congressman tom cole after a meeting with house republicans. >> in my view, we all agree that we're not going to raise taxes on people that make less than $250,000. we should just take them out of this discussion right now. not going to raise taxes on most people, and i think we ought to go ahead and m
right now, the white house announcing president obama will host mitt romney for lunch tomorrow. so the president breaking bread tomorrow with his vanquished opponent. we also have this. the president meeting, right now, with his cabinet, perhaps the final cabinet meeting for several administration stalwarts. among them, secretary of state hillary clinton, and treasury secretary tim geithner. hold the phone, though, because we he potential movement in the talks to avert the troublesome tax...
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house with president obama to discuss, what else? the fiscal cliff. states would be severely impacted because much of their revenue comes from the federal government. cnn white house correspondent dan lothian is at the white house. so, dan, who is trying to convince who? >> well, i think it's a little bit of both here. you have the president trying to sort of put pressure on them, if you will, these governors, to then they in turn should put pressure ontheir lawmakers to get a deal done. at the time the governors are here to let the president know there's some real consequences if this scenario plays out. a third of states out there get their revenue from federal grants according to a pew report, and that report also points out that states like virginia, for example, would be heavily impacted. why virginia? because it has a lot of military defense contractors. they're saying that they could be impacted to the tune of about $10 billion in economic activity falling. in addition to that, 120,000 jobs lost. take a look at a state like so
house with president obama to discuss, what else? the fiscal cliff. states would be severely impacted because much of their revenue comes from the federal government. cnn white house correspondent dan lothian is at the white house. so, dan, who is trying to convince who? >> well, i think it's a little bit of both here. you have the president trying to sort of put pressure on them, if you will, these governors, to then they in turn should put pressure ontheir lawmakers to get a deal done....
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or what the white house saying pointing to his policies as not working for the economy. we haven't heard from the speaker's office i don't believe yet but he will be talking before cameras at 11:00 a.m. and likely get reaction there, don. >> brianna keilar. thank you, brianna. want on go to wall street now where for now at least the markets like what they saw this morning. all three indexes trading in positive territory. alison kosik and s who we will go to. tell me what's going on. >> we are seeing the nasdaq dip a bit into negative territory. you are seeing a mixed bag at this point. you know, you see the buildup to the release of this report. investors, they have been cautious all week. heading into this report. expectation was that there will be a really weak mum coming out of this. this is a surprise to the upside. report was basically double what everybody was expecting. still you are seeing a lot of caution here on wall street because many of the jobs that were added were seasonable ones. this is the reality check with this. number of retail jobs added, 53,000, a
or what the white house saying pointing to his policies as not working for the economy. we haven't heard from the speaker's office i don't believe yet but he will be talking before cameras at 11:00 a.m. and likely get reaction there, don. >> brianna keilar. thank you, brianna. want on go to wall street now where for now at least the markets like what they saw this morning. all three indexes trading in positive territory. alison kosik and s who we will go to. tell me what's going on....
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overall, president obama is leading romney by just three percentage points in the race for the white house, and that is within the margin of error, by the way. >> so let's talk about how that translates to money, if it does at all. i know that we had george clooney on the left coast with a big fund-raising dinner for the president and now we have sar va jessica parker, big ad going out during the mtv awards, saying, have dinner with me and the president for three bucks. a big auction there. >> reporter: the obama people are saying, maybe this business model actually works. now it is sarah jessica parker who's not only throwing a fund-raiser at her house on june 14th, she's also holding
overall, president obama is leading romney by just three percentage points in the race for the white house, and that is within the margin of error, by the way. >> so let's talk about how that translates to money, if it does at all. i know that we had george clooney on the left coast with a big fund-raising dinner for the president and now we have sar va jessica parker, big ad going out during the mtv awards, saying, have dinner with me and the president for three bucks. a big auction...